Battery Imbalance Wastes 11% of Capacity
When battery imbalance turns 11% of capacity into stranded energy #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/Gwbyq5PKYL
Whysol Secures Financing for 328 MW Agri‑PV and Storage
Italy’s Whysol bags financing for 328MW agriPV, energy storage portfolio #energysky -- via pv-tech: https://t.co/yfmMxdpHKP
Entrix and GridBeyond Secure €55M for European BESS Expansion
European BESS route-to-market optimisers Entrix, GridBeyond raise €55 million #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/0vPiFdrlwz
Panasonic Boosts Battery Production for AI-Driven Data Centers
Panasonic expands lithium-ion and supercapacitor production to meet future data center power needs, responding to AI infrastructure pressures worldwide. https://t.co/RLTyvQgQF4
National Labs Drive Multi‑Agency Solar Cybersecurity Standards
National laboratories lead multi-agency push for solar cybersecurity standards #energysky -- via pv magazine usa: https://t.co/2zCsruApti
Renewable Growth Drives Lower Electricity Prices, Not Higher
Just another reminder that, like worldwide, increases in WindWaterSolar in the U.S. correlate with lower, not higher, electricity prices. Please ignore all the spam claims that renewables increase prices. It is fossil fuels and nuclear that increase electricity prices. https://t.co/Lra772hw38
GameChange Solar's Tracker Passes Earthquake Test
GameChange Solar successfully tests tracker for earthquake conditions #energysky -- via Solar Power World: https://t.co/nJTtzHJWlq
BLUETTI Launches Fridge Storage; EV Battery Advances
New BLUETTI Fridge Storage System, EV Battery Innovation Updates — Top Stories of the Week - https://t.co/S6atDwZBC3
Renewables Linked to Lower Prices; Fossil & Nuclear Drive Up
Of course this guy is spewing nonsense. More fossil fuels and nuclear both correlate with higher prices worldwide. Only wind-water-solar correlates with lower prices. https://t.co/288jwtUdqr
Battery Record Supplies 44% of CAISO Peak Demand
Batteries smash another peak discharge record, meeting 44% of CAISO peak demand at 7 PM on 3/29/26 with 12.3 GW And CAISO is just toying with us, because there are already 15.86 GW installed Gas still down 59.3% in '26 v '23 38...
Big Tech Bets on Renewables, Batteries, Nuclear for AI
Big Tech Schools Big Energy on Powering AI The Silicon Valley bosses actually funding these projects want to hedge their bets with renewable energy, batteries and nuclear power. https://t.co/fXtxkX51rC
Understanding 800VDC: Shaping Data Center Power Future
Tomorrow on @DiligenceStack Primer on 800vDC and how to think about the future of power in the data center. https://t.co/HIMjUJ0hIB https://t.co/5Bpqj83kUT
Renewable Intermittency Solved; Gas Supply Shocks Devastate Markets
Everyone keeps talking about intermittency. Let me show you two kinds. Wind and solar output varies hourly. It follows weather patterns that we can forecast days in advance. It has a well-understood distribution. We have storage, interconnection, demand response, and decades...
Italy May Postpone Coal Plant Shutdowns Until 2038
Italy mulls delaying the closure of all its coal-fired power stations until 2038 (~15 years later than previously expected) https://t.co/qK3WeCnJoP
Unlock Grid Capacity by Boosting Utilization, Not Expansion
The most consequential debate in AI right might be about how we use the grid. Do we need to build it as fast as possible? Or just use it better? There’s a real split forming around this: utilization vs. expansion. A new report...
Microsoft's Loud Rural Datacenters Burden Non‑Customers
imagine working for @Microsoft and your legacy to the world is that people who don't even use your products mate you for life, because you wantonly built insanely loud giant datacenters right next to their homes in rural build up...
Strategic Win: Road Builder Expands Into High‑Growth Renewables
Significance: This is a "strategic win" for the company. While they are primarily known for roads and highways, this project marks their entry into high-growth renewable energy infrastructure, which typically commands better valuation multiples.
New Methodology Accelerates Fossil-to-Renewable Switch, Unlocks Finance
Really excited about the launch of a new methodology by @goldstandard and @SEforALLorg designed to accelerate the replacement of fossil fuel generators with #renewableenergy systems, opening a new source of finance for #cleanenergy transitions. https://t.co/UIti3uc9Ue
Data Centers Require Strict Location Oversight to Curb Noise
We need a lot more oversight over where these data centers end up. The noise pollution is something I hear about constantly from people who live nearby https://t.co/AAY0Gh3woV
Europe Can't Rapidly Deliver Large‑scale Reliable Supply
I think most those projects are wishful thinking @acranberg But say they're valid. Europe lacks the ability to turn them into large-scale, reliable supply on the timelines and costs the current crisis & its aftermath demand.
UK Tightens Energy Retailer Rules Amid Slowing Smart Meters
Stricter rules for energy retailers as UK smart meter deployment slows #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/MYGdcwljBd https://t.co/gctjyz2sjF
Seven Major Challenges Threatening AI Data Center Reliability
Jon Parrella lays out seven critical problems facing AI data center infrastructure — load volatility, generator cycling, battery degradation, interconnection delays, cooling, frequency destabilization, and the absence of an integrated solution. https://t.co/IwpLcn88XZ
German Startup Deploys 22 AI Workers for PV O&M
German startup offers team of 22 specialized AI workers for PV plant O&M operations #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/ykrZDYlC4g https://t.co/3dqN4iX2da
Switch to Fertilizer‑free Perennial Grasses for Higher Biomass
We could just... stop. This is such a waste of resources, land, and nitrogen. Even if we still wanted to use this land for fuel, we should be planting perennial grasses that require no fertilizer or irrigation and can yield...
Dirty-Energy Data Centers Fuel Job‑killing, Existential Tech
Landscapes are being littered with noisy data centres running on dirty energy, where no one works, and which enable the technology whose inventors either boast about putting millions of people out of work or threaten to wipe out humankind https://t.co/zBhxGMfAEk @matteo_wong
Robots Install 100 MW Solar, Automation Accelerates Renewable Build
Robotic solar installation is quickly becoming real. Planted, Maximo and others all deploying automated construction platforms. This Maximo machine just installed 100 MW of solar power https://t.co/M1NSKOSVMT
New Perovskite Solar Cell Achieves 26% Efficiency at High Temperatures
Scientits build high temperature-resistant perovskite solar cell with 26% efficiency #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/BIcDoIvSat
US Stalls Progress: Regulations, Not Tech, Hold Back Innovation
Why is it so damn hard to do big things in America? Australia has 40% rooftop solar. We have 6%. We can build beautiful homes in a factory for $300k delivered. Local regs block it. The technology isn't the problem. We are. https://t.co/IBSjsr4eDl
India Targets 346 GWh Battery Storage by 2033
Indian industry body projects 346 GWh of BESS capacity by 2033 #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/Obs4o92i3V
AI Data Centers Turn to Mass Timber for Greener Footprint
AI Data Centers. Wood you look at that. Data centers are typically constructed primarily of steel and concrete—but as the AI data center wave accelerates, Meta and Microsoft are pivoting to build them with mass timber to help reach their...
Europe’s Real Breakthrough: Efficiency, Electrification, Cheap Energy, Secure Supply Chains
The real breakthrough we need isn’t fusion. Europe needs to do 4 things at once: - Use less material per unit of prosperity (Negabarrels) - Electrify everything possible - Overbuild cheap energy - Treat supply chains like national security
Swiss Railways Harness Sun, Power Trains with Trackside Solar
Switzerland Turns Railways into Power Plants with Solar Panels Along Train Tracks by @Khulood_Almani #Innovation #Sustainability #CleanEnergy #Technology https://t.co/BMR2AUbkUf
Certain Cleaning Agents Can Cut PV Output by 5.6%
Fraunhofer CSP warns some cleaning agents may reduce PV module performance by up to 5.6% #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/yfOWVCOjSx https://t.co/PM69r9Hgdg
Building Resilient, Intelligent Energy Systems at Gastech2026
Energy security, LNG flows, and rising power demand are back at the center of the global conversation — and for good reason. The challenge today is no longer just about having enough energy, but about building systems that are reliable, affordable,...
New Gas Power Plants Now 3.5× Costlier Than Years Ago
$3620/kW for a massive new gas power complex. Combined cycle power plants are apparently now are 3.5x more expensive than they were just a few years ago, even when building multiple at one site (with govt backing). Rethink the idea...
War‑Driven Energy Shock Pushes Importers Toward Alternatives
As the outbreak of a regional war disrupts global energy markets for the second time in four years, oil & gas importing countries will be motivated to find alternatives; coal, nuclear, renewables and EVs alike, as @bradplumer & Rebecca Elliott...
Renewable Surge Isn’t Cutting Consumer Electricity Costs
Why is the rush into renewable energy not lowering our bills? - The Times and The Sunday Times https://t.co/br5e33MMO9
SiteCapture Introduces AI for Automated Solar Documentation
SiteCapture launches AI tool to automate solar field documentation #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/Dx7Xtzh9QF
Form Energy Secures 12 GWh Iron‑Air Deal For
Form Energy signs 12GWh agreement to supply multi-day iron-air batteries to new US AI data centres #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/CbNoEqSs6H
Entso‑E Blames Systemic Failures for 2025 Iberian Blackout
Entso-E report finds systemic failures behind 2025 Iberian blackout #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/n1D5aucAO7
Lego’s Octan Expands Into Electric Battery Production
Interesting piece of Lego lore: Octan (oil super corporation) is now making electric batteries https://t.co/j32bH0MyGQ
Insurers Worry Transformers, Contractor Errors Spark BESS Fires
Why BESS insurers are sweating transformers and contractor errors over battery fires #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/qk5y3I0eVO
Akuo to Complete 80MW/220MWh Portugal Battery Storage by 2027
Akuo building 80MW/220MWh Portugal BESS for 2027 completion #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/gMyF7TBo15
Prioritize Flexible, Low‑value Loads over Datacenter Demand
I completely understand why grid operators want datacenters to operate flexibly. BUT....their use of each MWh is very valuable (well, at least I hope it's valuable someday). So shouldn't we be looking for flexibility from less-valuable uses of electricity...
Iberdrola Australia's 360MWh Broadsound BESS Starts Commissioning
Iberdrola Australia’s 360MWh Broadsound BESS begins commissioning in Queensland #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/G6a89unsaA
China’s Battery and EV Exports Surpass Solar, Defying Tariffs
China's cleantech exports are surging. A couple observations: 1. All of this is from before the US invasion of Iran and current oil price spike. We should expect these numbers to keep growing, especially EVs. 2. US tariffs haven't stopped China's...
Canada's 100% Renewable Goal Needs <0.2% Land
Moving Canada to 100% WindWaterSolar for all energy purposes (eliminating fossils+nuclear) requires only 0.19% of Canada's land, much less than used just for oil+gas wells in Alberta+BC alone and much less than the tar sands area. https://t.co/yt6XQ531Fu https://t.co/qST8Lj4LRX https://t.co/lwuOl8LGzW
Cheaper Power Options for 100‑300 Hour At‑risk Needs
Yup so many cheaper options to provide power for the 100-300 hours most at risk.
Ukraine's Battery Storage Outlook Turns Bright
‘Absolutely bright’ future for battery storage in Ukraine #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/QWHIyvrdgG
Molecular Anchors Boost Perovskite Solar Durability in Temperature Swings
Molecular anchors have been shown to stabilize perovskite solar cells, significantly reducing performance loss during rapid temperature changes and enhancing their durability for long-term outdoor use. solarenergy